Definition of Erupted

1. Verb. (past of erupt) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Erupted

1. erupt [v] - See also: erupt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erupted

eructed
eructing
eructs
erudit
erudite
eruditely
eruditeness
erudites
erudition
eruditions
eruginous
erugo
erugos
erumpent
erupt
erupted (current term)
eruptible
erupting
eruption
eruption column
eruption columns
eruption cyst
eruptional
eruptions
eruptive
eruptive fever
eruptive phase
eruptive stage
eruptive xanthoma
eruptively

Literary usage of Erupted

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wonders of Geology: Or, A Familiar Exposition of Geological Phenomena by Gideon Algernon Mantell, Thomas Rupert Jones (1858)
"erupted Trap-rock. 2, 2. Coal-measures. 3. Harrow Fault : upcast of 90 yards. ... The central mass of erupted trap that occasioned the dislocation rises to ..."

2. Geological Studies by Alexander Winchell (1886)
"The erupted Condition. The state of rock material which has issued in a molten ... erupted beds are often overlaid by other erupted beds of later origin, ..."

3. Text-book of Geology by Sir Archibald Geikie (1902)
"But probably still more extensive changes may take place from the exceedingly slow rate of cooling of erupted masses, and the consequently vast period ..."

4. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph LeConte (1891)
"Materials erupted.—As we have already stated, the materials erupted are stones, lava-streams, cinders, ashes, and gases. Stones.—In explosive eruptions the ..."

5. Cosmos: Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe by Alexander von Humboldt, Elizabeth Juliana Leeves Sabine (1849)
"... and the precisely similar effects of contact with erupted ... first, in the endogenous or erupted rocks, designated by some modern geologists by the ..."

6. Geological Studies: Or, Elements of Geology by Alexander Winchell (1886)
"The erupted Condition. The state of rock material which has issued in a molten ... erupted beds are often overlaid by other erupted beds of later origin, ..."

7. Elementary Geology by Ralph Stockman Tarr (1897)
"We may divide ore deposits into three classes : (1) erupted, (2) Mechanical, ... erupted Ore Deposits. While every lava contains goodly quantities of ore, ..."

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